As Someone In Their 20s, No One Told Me These Are The 10 Things That Would Initiate My Adulthood

Unfortunately, we DON'T know everything.

1. You become more choosy with your friends…

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Remember when you had 50 close friends in elementary school? Well, all of the sudden you have one friend and half of the time you're too busy to see them for days at a time.

2. You have to buy your own toilet paper.

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You heard me. The day you have to shop for, buy, and carry a huge pack of toilet paper from your car to your house is the day you're no longer a child.

3. You realize mom was right…there IS plenty of food at home.

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Unfortunately, all those years of asking to stop for food and hearing "we have food at home" begins to make a LOT of sense.

4. You have learned that not EVERYONE will like you, and accept it.

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Turns out, being a people-pleaser is hard. And it's also so not worth it.

5. You can cook more than three meals (some of us weren't blessed with the gift of cooking).

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You have to learn how to cook because eating ramen every day begins to make you feel like a dog.

6. Those friends from high school are starting to get married or worse — have children.

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Your nightmares are coming true. People who should NOT be having children at ALL are doing so anyway, and before you even go on a date.

7. You have to pay your own bills and taxes.

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Let's be real — this one hurts.

8. Grocery shopping has become a priority.

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Who would've thought grocery shopping was such a challenge? Ask your parents.

9. Your body is starting to ache in places that have no business aching yet.

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Who knew your hips could hurt so badly at age 22.

10. And going out and drinking sounds just as appealing as cutting off an arm.

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Turns out there IS a point when staying in on a Saturday is the best plan.